| Cultivation R&D Technician |  |
Dec 15, 2021🔗 👁️ 180 180 Views
🏢 Headwaters 📍 Carpinteria, CA
💰 DOE 🗓️ Full-time 🏷️ Cultivation 📛 No license required
About our company
Headwaters is a leading supplier of bulk cannabis focused on cultivation, bulk commodity distribution, and consumer goods. Guided by the tenets of sustainable agriculture and a commitment to transparency, you can trust that Headwaters’ products do right by you, the environment, and the community.
Run by a group of cannabis innovators with a unique blend of business and agricultural knowledge, Headwaters is proud to be leading the Cannabis industry towards a sustainable future. At Headwaters, every decision we make—from production strategy to design—is guided by our three core values: Environmental Awareness, Community Partnership, and Personal Well-Being.
Job description
Nursery research and development (R&D) Technician will contribute to all steps in nursery product development and assist with greenhouse and field trials. The role will be a part of a collaborative team and creates an opportunity for the candidate to closely work across disciplines.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Assist with establishing, monitoring, maintaining, and evaluation of trials in the in-house greenhouse facility.
- Closely work with the team members, but perform with minimum supervision, specially under field conditions.
- Represent highly professional and ethical standards when communicating with analytical laboratories, suppliers, and collaborate with partner growers.
- Identify and report needs and issues in the R&D facilities and field trials to management.
- Comply with all safety, environmental and health regulations and procedures.
- Operates spreadsheets, word processing, database management, and other applications.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Skills & Requirements:
- BSc or MSc in Plant/Crop Science, Agronomy (or related fields), with 2-5 year (BSc) or 1-3 year (MSc) relevant work experience.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills with the ability to communicate professionally and effectively at multiple levels both inside and outside of the organization.
- Highly proficient with Tableau, SQL, and Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Strong track record of performing high impact business analysis and building useful data tools with tangible business results.
- Strong storytelling – interpreting insights into a concise and compelling story others can embrace.
- Possess a thorough understanding of cultivation, operations, internal systems and network functions.
- Complete tasks and projects in an accurate, timely, and efficient manner.
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced, and collaborative environment with a diverse group of individuals.
- Bilingual – English/Spanish mandatory.
- Flexibility to work off-hours to meet company obligations to include by not limited to weekends
- Perform other duties as assigned by Headwater’s management.
- No recreational cannabis-use or other substance abuse is tolerated during work hours
- Must be 21+ years of age
- Must have legal working status
Value Adds
- Ground floor opportunity in a fast-growing startup
- Collaborative culture with a supportive team
- A great place to work with unlimited growth opportunities